Carrier for surgical sutures



March 9, 1 G. E. CARAWAY CARRIER FOR SURGICAL SUTURES Filed Dec. 14, 1951 GORDON E. CARAWA) INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, i954 i v a TED STA FATE-N T QFFFICE 2,671,556 CARRIER FOR SURGICAL SUT URES Gordon E. flaraway, Dallas, Tex .ApplicationDecember 14, 1 9 51; Serial No.261;7-10 6 Claims. (Cl. 12.0.6-.63.3) This invention relates to surgical appliances carrier, in the manner shown since this method and more particularly to a, means for storing of'attaching the suture threads enables the l-a-tter suture material for immediate accessibility when to be drawn smoothly from the carrier when needed for surgical uses. severed.

The principal object of the invention is to The groups of suture threads H are arranged supplant the conventional and unsatisfactory in parallel relationship across the fabric carrier like for sterilization in an autoclave, by provid- 10 to separate the required number of groups from cation until additional suture material is needed. or other sterilizing device until required for surgical use. ing formed in a roll while in Figure 4, the idenand the equally unsatisfactory practice of in- It is intended that the invention shall include dividually cutting the suture threads into lengths any suitable material other than woven fabric as prescribed by the surgeon. as a carrier and that the suture threads may be of fabric material such as surgical gauze into by the invention.

which parallel groups of suture threads are woven What is claimed is: for ready release therefrom. 1. In a carrier for suture threads for surgical Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan View. 40 use, a web of gauze material and a plurality of f attaching the suture threads thereto and into usable lengths by severing said web to cor- Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the respondingly sever said suture threads. auze carrier folded in zig-zag fashion. 2. In a carrier for suture threads adapted for Continuing with a more detailed description of surgical use, a surgical gauze web of greater be drawing numeral l0 denotes a carrier conlength than width and a plurality of groups of stmg preferably of a surgical gauze web of insuture threads interwoven with said web lengtheterminate length and of predetermined width. wise thereof, said groups being spaced apart for o the carrier I0 is connected for ready detachseparation one from another by longitudinal rent a plurality of groups of suture threads ll severance of said web between said selected hie are coextensive with the gauze carrier I0. groups of threads and for detachment into ushe preferred method of attaching the suture able lengths by transverse severance of said web ireads to the gauze carrier is to weave the 3. A carrier for suture material comprising a reads through the loosely woven fabric of the Web of flexible material of predetermined width and indeterminate length and a plurality of groups of suture threads coextensive with the length of said web, the suture thread of each of said groups being separate one from another and extended repeatedly through said web from one side to the other at a series of points throughout the length of said web, to hold said threads against lateral detachment from sai web, said threads capable of longitudinal displacement when said web is severed transversely.

4. A carrier for suture material comprising a web of flexible material and a plurality of separated strands of suture material extending back and forth through said web from one side to the other thereof at a plurality of points spaced longitudinally of said web, said suture threads being adapted to be cut into predetermined lengths by transverse severance of said web.

5. In a carrier for suture threads for surgical use, a web of woven fabric of predetermined width and indeterminate length and a plurality of individually separated suture threads extending repeatedly through said web from one side to the other thereof in relative parallelism with References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 180,039 Kips July 18, 1870 653,152 Roeber July 3, 1900 1,610,607 Hirsch Dec. 14, 1926 1,612,553 Van Hook Dec. 29, 1926 2,317,200 Kinney Apr. 20, 1943 

